The other day, I was visiting with a fellow designer who commented to me that they had recently completed a logo design project for which they collected very little money. Now, don’t get me wrong, it was more than $5 or some ridiculously small amount, but this designer felt like they should have been paid a lot more for all the work he put into designing this logo. I agreed with him. Surely this has happened to you or another

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